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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 58 · 40 questions
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Word tip (Same sound, check the meaning): Read the whole sentence and work out the meaning it needs. Match the meaning to the spelling: flour = powder made from grain; flower = a bloom on a plant. Learn the tricky sets: there (place), their (belonging to them), they’re (they are); to, too, two.

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  1. 1.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  3. 3.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  4. 4.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  7. 7.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  8. 8.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  15. 15.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  17. 17.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  18. 18.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  20. 20.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  29. 29.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  32. 32.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  34. 34.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  35. 35.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  36. 36.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  37. 37.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  40. 40.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night

Answer key

  1. ate
  2. sell
  3. knew
  4. fare
  5. flour
  6. sun
  7. to
  8. bee
  9. night
  10. red
  11. whole
  12. piece
  13. sum
  14. hair
  15. Would
  16. hare
  17. won
  18. cell
  19. two
  20. rode
  21. meet
  22. right
  23. mail
  24. witch
  25. plane
  26. tail
  27. sail
  28. be
  29. see
  30. blue
  31. tale
  32. male
  33. meat
  34. flower
  35. fair
  36. steel
  37. read
  38. pear
  39. weight
  40. knight

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